Dickson Regional Livestock Center Market Report

Dickson, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

1,322 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.34/cwt +9.35 vs last sale · ≈ $946/hd at 670 lb · 83 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $163.33/cwt +3.08 vs last sale · ≈ $696/hd at 426 lb · 51 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $157.08/cwt +0.28 vs last sale · ≈ $741/hd at 472 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,322	1,380	1,149
Feeder cattle	1,124	1,187	1,015
Slaughter cattle	154	149	54
Replacement cattle	44	44	80

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers steady to 5.00 higher Heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	210.00	$210.00	$420	—
260–295	283	3	207.50–220.00	$216.18	$612	+29.32
310–346	338	11	195.00–210.00	$205.93	$696	+11.34
367–368 thin fleshed	368	7	210.00	$210.00	$773	—
355–398	382	36	190.00–207.00	$200.13	$764	+5.80
405 thin fleshed	405	1	201.00	$201.00	$814	—
403–447	427	11	190.00–194.00	$190.63	$814	+7.42
457 value added	457	5	195.00	$195.00	$891	—
450–493	469	14	173.00–190.00	$183.80	$862	+10.17
510–540	517	12	168.00–175.00	$173.30	$896	-4.42
510–546 value added	534	26	177.00–185.00	$180.27	$963	+0.27
551–595	563	13	160.00–176.00	$170.41	$959	+5.50
560–564 value added	563	9	170.00–178.00	$171.77	$967	+11.77
601–632 value added	613	31	160.00–170.00	$162.71	$997	-2.29
615–635	619	5	155.00–165.00	$159.04	$984	+3.40
652–653	652	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,011	+1.56
701–706 value added	704	9	148.00	$148.00	$1,042	—
705–745	712	6	143.00–144.50	$144.24	$1,027	-1.40
750–793	779	7	130.00–143.00	$139.02	$1,083	-5.60
780 value added	780	6	141.00	$141.00	$1,100	—
813 value added	813	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,122	-4.50
870–890	880	2	114.00–131.00	$122.40	$1,077	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	3	192.50–205.00	$200.83	$402	+32.02
253–295	281	8	180.00–190.00	$182.88	$514	+12.88
330–335	333	3	191.00–205.00	$200.38	$667	+26.57
350–398	371	12	170.00–187.00	$182.01	$675	+12.01
403–430	414	8	170.00–190.00	$181.19	$750	+13.03
450–495	476	9	160.00–178.00	$170.29	$811	+3.29
510–530	522	11	150.00–170.00	$165.35	$863	+5.35
568–593	576	6	140.00–150.00	$143.43	$826	-12.80
655	655	2	148.00	$148.00	$969	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293–295	295	8	160.00–169.00	$166.76	$492	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	180.00	$180.00	$518	—
315	315	1	180.00	$180.00	$567	—
570	570	1	130.00	$130.00	$741	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	181.00	$181.00	$371	—
260–296	283	14	170.00–185.00	$178.96	$506	+14.91
300–345	332	18	160.00–173.00	$165.59	$550	-0.55
346 thin fleshed	346	7	180.50	$180.50	$625	—
355–396	379	42	160.00–174.00	$165.77	$628	-1.13
424 value added	424	14	170.00	$170.00	$721	—
403–445	427	37	154.00–165.00	$160.81	$687	+0.56
450 value added	450	2	165.00	$165.00	$742	—
450–495	473	41	148.00–161.00	$156.69	$741	-0.11
505–543	520	41	140.00–156.00	$150.22	$781	-4.31
556 value added	556	10	157.00	$157.00	$873	—
550–593	574	25	135.00–146.00	$143.44	$823	-2.08
580	580	1	135.00	$135.00	$783	-10.52
602–638 value added	619	22	143.00–144.00	$143.27	$887	-2.62
620	620	1	124.00	$124.00	$769	-20.78
605–649	636	13	130.00–138.00	$136.28	$867	-8.50
667 value added	667	71	143.00	$143.00	$954	—
660–690	685	12	129.00–133.00	$131.49	$901	-0.50
715	715	2	129.00	$129.00	$922	-3.01
750–770	764	7	120.00–128.00	$122.96	$939	+2.96
785 value added	785	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,013	—
925	925	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	3	150.00	$150.00	$372	+13.83
273–290	277	6	161.00–170.00	$164.95	$457	+24.95
310–335	320	14	140.00–161.00	$156.01	$499	+2.28
355–385	373	12	148.00–160.00	$155.20	$579	+6.09
440–443	442	3	151.00–155.00	$152.33	$673	—
468–470	469	4	133.00–151.00	$138.51	$650	-15.78
550	550	1	140.00	$140.00	$770	—
605–633	626	4	130.00–133.00	$132.28	$828	+15.09

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	135.00	$135.00	$324	—
380	380	2	125.00	$125.00	$475	—
425	425	1	135.00	$135.00	$574	—
500	500	3	121.00	$121.00	$605	+18.50
565	565	1	120.00	$120.00	$678	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	150.00	$150.00	$420	—
475	475	1	134.00	$134.00	$636	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–446	430	15	180.00–190.00	$185.12	$796	+4.23
461–495	464	24	170.00–180.00	$173.02	$803	-2.46
509–545	526	21	161.00–171.00	$167.02	$879	-4.69
550–595	580	9	148.00–160.00	$157.59	$914	+4.58
615–643	626	9	145.00–158.00	$152.13	$952	+0.63
670–683	675	8	130.00–140.00	$137.22	$926	+0.81
750–755	753	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$907	-6.44

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	415	15	169.00–183.00	$175.53	$728	+15.22
453–495	479	11	153.00–174.00	$165.95	$795	+13.29
500–517	513	4	150.00–162.00	$159.07	$816	+7.07
550–580	563	5	132.00–145.00	$138.93	$782	+14.26
615–640	628	2	130.00–140.00	$135.10	$848	+20.10
770	770	2	110.00–120.00	$115.00	$886	+10.90

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423–433	427	5	141.00–158.00	$147.90	$632	—
503	503	2	145.00	$145.00	$729	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	180.00	$180.00	$747	—
595	595	1	120.00	$120.00	$714	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1310	1126	80-85%	4	56.00–63.00	$60.49	$681	—
848–1520	1128	80-85%	46	71.00–86.00	$77.42	$873	—
1065–1520	1235	80-85%	14	87.00–92.00	$89.47	$1,105	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1120	913	85-90%	17	50.00–61.00	$55.11	$503	—
820–1210	999	85-90%	19	56.00–73.00	$63.70	$636	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1263–1520	1374	75-80%	12	86.00–94.00	$90.58	$1,245	+3.58
1005–1645	1397	75-80%	13	78.00–87.00	$83.38	$1,165	-3.62

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1765	1496	5	85.00–103.00	$94.84	$1,419	—
1740–1855	1798	2	113.00–120.00	$116.61	$2,097	—
1850–1885	1863	3	110.00–113.00	$111.00	$2,068	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1195	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–1,150.00	$992.30
1200–1495	1348	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,147.08

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
688	688	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	540.00	$540.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1030–1110	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,025.00–1,350.00	$1,229.55	—
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.